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Don420 writes "This morning the biggest corporate criminal in modern history, Kenneth Lay, died of a massive coronary before he could receive his sentence. Lay was found guilty of being in charge of the scheme that had many lose their live-savings through a scheme of complex offshore holdings and is to thank for our having to live with Sarbanes-Oxely." From the article: "Enron filed for bankruptcy in December 2001 after investigators found it had used partnerships to conceal more than $1 billion in debt and inflate profits. Enron's downfall cost 4,000 employees their jobs and many of them their life savings, and led to billions of dollars of losses for investors."

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Ethical paragon Kenneth Lay was found dead in his Colorado home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to business culture. Truly an American icon.

I can't but think he didn't die. He's getting plastic surgery done on him right now, and will assume a new identity.They could have been planning this for the last several years. Christ, they've had enough time to think the details through...

A spokesperson for the lord of darkness has just released a statement addressing the freezing of hell. The short release says only "Due to a sudden and unexpected energy crisis, Satan has issued an order for 'rolling-fireouts.' Areas of the underworld may experience disturbences in their power supply, leading to interuptions in the Fires of Damnnation service. Satan asks all residents of hell to please work to conserve energy until a more perminant solution to this crisis can be formulated"

I'm not quite sure where Enron fits in there but certainly they were not the only companies messing with the market, and in the end it was the regulators' fault for allowing the market to be messed with in the first place.

And even then, do not believe it. It is fairly easy to substitue another body with a little bit of makeup.

Nah, wrong conspiracy theory, the real question is whether it was Cheney or Rove who ordered the hit to keep the truth from comming out.

Question is whether the lawyers got the appeal in first. In MA a convicted criminal who has a pending appeal automatically gets a pardon. That would mean that the Lay family may get to keep some of the money he stole. Although his estate is still liable for damages Texas bankruptcy law protects certain assets like the family home, no matter how many millions it is worth. The criminal fines would have wiped those out as well.

until I see a body. Just a little too convenient./where the hell's my tinfoil hat?

He's not dead. He was sedated with a CIA blow-dart, then surreptitiously removed from the hospital. His body was replaced by a clone grown in a secret underground bunker adjoining area 51. He will be revived as soon as he gets to the secret room in the sub-sub-basement of the White House where he, along with Howard Hughes will advise Vice President Dick "Dick" Cheney on energy policy. Elvis is there too; he's the entertainment director and is also in charge of procuring hookers to keep JFK happy.